SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
     
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
     
     
     
         
     
                                    FORM 8-K
     
     
                                 CURRENT REPORT
     
     
     
                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
     
     
      Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  FEBRUARY 14, 1997
     
     
     
                           FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
     
     
              Delaware                  0-8061              11-1986657
   (State or other jurisdiction       (Commission         (I.R.S. Employer
        of incorporation)             File Number)       Identification No.)
     
     
     
        55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD., MITCHEL FIELD, NY            11553
          (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)
     
     
                                  (516) 794-4500
                 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
     
     
                                        NONE
                 (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                           if changed since last report)
     
     
     
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     ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
     
          On February 14, 1997, registrant commenced an action by
     filing a complaint in the United States District Court for the
     Eastern District of Virginia, Case Number CV 97-230-A, entitled
     "Frequency Electronics, Inc., Plaintiff, against United States
     of America, Department of the Air Force, Defendant".  The action
     seeks a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief to compel the
     defendant to discontinue registrant's suspension from receiving
     new Government contracts pursuant to the notice of suspension
     issued by the defendant on December 13, 1993.  Upon commencement
     of the  action, registrant filed a motion for a preliminary
     injunction to compel defendant's discontinuance of the
     suspension pending final disposition of the action.  In the
     complaint, registrant alleges that continuation of the
     suspension, under the circumstances of this matter, exceeds
     defendant's authority under Federal Acquisition Regulations;
     violates registrant's rights under the due process clause of the
     Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; is a denial of the
     procedural due process and principles of fundamental fairness
     mandated by applicable regulations; and is arbitrary, capricious
     and an abuse of discretion.  Registrant believes that
     defendant's position is contrary to applicable law and that
     registrant will prevail in this action.
     
          For a further discussion of the suspension referred to
     above and of matters related thereto, reference is made to the
     following reports of registrant filed under Section 13 of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934, all of which are on file at the
     Securities and Exchange Commission:
     
               Annual reports on Form 10-K for the following fiscal
               years ended April 30 in the following items of such
               reports: Items 1 and 3 - 1988 and 1989; Items 1,3 and 8 -
               1992, 1993 and 1996; and Items 1, 3, 7 and 8 - 1990, 1991,
               1994 and 1995.

               Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the following
               fiscal quarters ended January 31 in Part I of such reports:
               1990 and 1991.

               Current reports on Form 8-K at the following dates in
               Item 5 thereof: February 5, April 6 and December 17, 1990;
               October 18, November 17 and November 22, 1993; November 7,
               1994; and July 27 and November 20, 1995.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
          
     
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                                 SIGNATURES
     
     
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
     of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
     on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
     
                                           FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, INC.
     
     
     
                                           By  /s/ Joseph P. Franklin      
                                               JOSEPH P. FRANKLIN, Chairman
                                                 of the Board of Directors
     
     
     Dated:    February 21, 1997
     

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